Pride Of Detroit on Tyler Shough

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During that span, Shough ranked tied for third with a 69.2% completion percentage, ninth at 7.6 yards per attempt, and ninth with a 95.8 passer rating. Those are impressive top-10 metrics for a rookie quarterback in Year 1 of Kellen Moore's system. His 2.71-second average time to throw was the fourth-fastest in the NFL, with Jared Goff ranking first.
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Shough's rookie starter metrics rank top 10; slot targeting efficiency especially strong.

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough, a second-year signal-caller, posted impressive top-10 metrics during his nine-game starting stretch (Weeks 9-18) last season: 69.2% completion percentage (tied for third), 7.6 yards per attempt (ninth), and 95.8 passer rating (ninth). He averaged 2.71 seconds to throw (fourth-fastest in NFL, behind Jared Goff's first-place mark) and was particularly effective targeting slot receivers, ranking top 10 in passer rating (10th, 104.6), yards per attempt (sixth, 8.8), completion percentage (fourth, 74.5%), and EPA per dropback (fourth, 0.45) among 33 qualifying quarterbacks on slot throws.

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